Clothes-ironing machine



Sept. 9, 1924. 1,507,932

c. E. REDDIG CLOTHES IRONING MACHINE Filed Oct. 29 192p Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT ormca.

CHARLES E. REDDIG, OF RICHMOND HEL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WESTERN ELE- TBIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, 015 NEW YORK. N. Y., A CORPORATION 0']? NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-IRONING MACHINE.

Application filed October 29, 1920. Serial No. 420,471.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. REDDIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond Hill, Long Island, in the county of Queens, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Ironing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to clothes ironing machines of the type characterized by an ironing .roll and a heated shoe cooperating therewith. The general object of the invention is to provide new and improved means for moving the shoe with reference to the ironing roll, whereby insertion of articles to be ironed is facilitated.

While the invention is not limited to use with any particular design of ironing machine, it is herein shown and described as applied to the ironing machine which forms the subject of my co-pending applicatlon for patent, Serial No. 402,848, filed August 11, 1920.

Referring to the drawings, Flg. 1 1s a side elevation, partly in section, of one embodiment of my invention; and Fig. 2 1s a side elevation, partly in section, with a portion of the shoe and roll cut away to show the elements of the hand operated mechanism.

Referring to both Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the various parts of the ironing mach ne are su ported by frames, one of which 3 is sliown, these frames being rigidly connected together by pipes which are threaded near their ends and'carry nuts el which cooperate with the outsides and insides of the frames. Supported by the frames 3 are a feed table 5, a delivery table 6 and a pivoted delivery board 7. The ironing roll 8, which may be of the split cylinder type is covered with a layer of fabric or felt in the usual manner, and is rigidly secured to a shaft 9 which is mounted in fixed bearings in the frames and is driven in any suitable manner. As roll 8 is of the split cylinder type, the inner end of the covering material made be clamped as shown at 36. Cooperating with the ironing roll 8 is an ironing shoe 10 of any suita 1e form or klnd, this shoe being heated by a gas burner 12 which extends through it. Projecting from the bottom of the shoe 10 at each end thereof are brackets 13 which at their bottom are provided with elliptical holes into which pro ect pins 14 mounted in the main frames. By thus making the pivotal mountings of the shoe 10 loose, the ironing surface of the.

shoe 10 is permitted to adapt itself to the contour of the ironin roll 8.

The shoe 10 is yieldingly and removably held in engagement with the ironing roll 8 by means which will now be described. Pivotally mounted on bolts 16 extending from the inside of each of the main frames 3, are two cams 17 located respectively between opposite ends of the shoe 10- and the adjacent frame. These cams 17, which may be of the form best shown in Fig. 2,'have extending arms 19 connected by a bar which may be grasped by the operator and by which the cams may be moved in unison. At each side of the machine is a spring 20 through which extends a rod 21 carrying a head 22 engaged by one end of said spring 20. The other end of the rod 21 is bent and rojected into a hole in a In 24 projecting rom one edge of the cam 1 Near its middle portion, the rod 21 carries a loose collar 25 which is engaged bythe spring 20; and rod 21 also carries a collar 26 rigidly secured to said rod. The rod 21 at the portion between the collars 25 and 26 passes freely through a hole in a lug 27 secured to a projection from the shoe 10. Rotatabl mounted on the outer end of the lug 27 is a roller 28 adapted to cooperate with the edge of the cam 17. With this construction, it will be obvious that when the cams are in position shown in the drawings, the

springs 20 force the collars 25 against 4 the lugs 27 thereby holding the shoe 10 in contact with the lroning roll 8; and that when the cams are moved to other positions they move and hold the shoe 10 away from the ironing roll 8 to different distances.

The construction so far described is the same as that shown in my 00- nding application hereinbefore mentione The foot operable means, which is ca able of moving the shoe away from the iromng roll in order to facilitate the insertion of articles to be ironed, will now be described. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, this foot operable means is arranged to move the shoe 10 without moving the cams 17.

The foot operable means comprises arms 30 cooperating with the shoe 10 and preferabl integral with the brackets 13 at each en of the shoe, said arms at their endsbeing connected to a treadle located beneath the ironing roll and shoe. This treadle may comprise two levers 31 rigidly mounted on one of the pipes 4 extending between and rotatable in the main frames 3 said levers being connected at their outer ends by a rod or pipe 32 adapted to be engaged by the foot of the operator. Each of the levers 31 is connected to thearm 30 above it by means of a flexible connection, such as a wire rope 33. With this construction, it will be obvious that depression of the lever will cause the shoe 10 to move slightly away from the ironing roll 8, against the tension of' the springs 20, thereby facilitating the insertion of articles to be ironed.

It will be obvious that with either embodiment of the invention, the hands of the operator are left free to manipulate the clothes to be ironed, even when it is necessary to move the shoe away from the ironing roll to facilitate the inserting operation.

What is claimed is:

1. In an ironing machine, the combination of a frame, an ironing roll journalled therein, a shoe cooperating with said ironing roll, spring meansfor yieldingly holding said shoe in cooperative engagement with said roll, cam members secured to said frame and said shoe respectively and adapted when in one position to permit the shoe to be pressed against the roll and in other.

positions to move and hold the shoe away from the ironing roll at different and comparatively large distances to permit the read insertion of pieces to be ironed, and auxi i-ary means acting directly upon said shoe for moving said shoe slight distances away from the roll against the tension of said spring means, said auxiliary means effecting a separation of said cam members.

2. Inan ironin ironing roll journa led therein for rotation,

a shoe cooperating with said roll, spring means for yieldingly holding said shoe in cooperative engagement with said roll, coacting control members positioned between the shoe and said spring means and operating directly upon said shoe for separating said shoe from said roll by. a comparatively large space to permit the ready insertion of pieces to be ironed, and auxiliary control means having a ositive engagement with both said shoe and said frame and effective, when operated, to separate the shoe from said roll slight distances against the tension of said spring means and when released to allow the spring means again to control the-engagement of the shoe with the roll.

3. In an ironing machine, the combination of a frame, an ironing roll journalled therein, a shoe cooperatin with said ironing roll, spring means for yieldingly holding said shoe in cooperative engagement with said ironing roll, cam members secured to said frame and said shoe respectively and adapted when in one position to permit the.

shoe to be pressed against the roll and in other positions to move and hold the shoe away from the ironing roll at different distances, and auxiliary means also acting on said shoe for separating said roll and'shoe, and the cam members. respectively secured to said frame and said shoe against the tension of said spring means.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 25th day of October A. D., 1920.

CHARLES E. REDDIG.

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